Buying a home is often part of the American dream. So when Maria and Derek Broaddus were able to buy their dream house, they were ecstatic. They could hardly wait to move into the home with their three small children and start a life in the picturesque community.

The home, a beautiful two-story, six-bedroom house in Westfield, N.J., had a price tag of $1.3 million. Unfortunately, the family never moved into its home. Someone scared them away.

As if the story were pulled out of a horror book, what happened right after the family purchased the house is frightening.

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Just three days after purchasing the home, the family received a shocking letter. It was from a stalker who referred to himself as “The Watcher.”

In the first bone-chilling letter, the author asks the family: “Why are you here? I will find out.” ‘The Watcher’ claimed that his grandfather watched the home in the 1920s, that his father watched it in the 1960s, and that now it was his time. He asked the family if they had filled the home with the young blood that he had requested.

Apparently, ‘The Watcher’ has been monitoring the Broaddus family because in the first letter, the author makes reference to the family’s three small children.

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More letters were sent. Among them, probably the most disturbing questions ‘The Watcher’ asked were “Have they found what is in the walls yet?” and “Will the young bloods play in the basement?”

Local authorities were called in to investigate. In a town hall meeting, Mayor Andrew Skibitsky stated that: “our police have conducted a thorough investigation into the threatening letters. Our police went the extra measure and left no stone unturned.”

In one of the letters, ‘The Watcher’ wrote about the house and his possible ties to it. He said: “…you have changed it and made it so fancy…it cries for the past and what used to be in the time when I roamed its halls…when I ran from room to room imagining the life with the rich occupants there…and now I watch and wait for the day when young blood will be mine again…” This part of the letter would seem to imply that he has lived in the community for a long time, playing in the home as a child.

The family has moved out of fear for their children’s safety and have initiated a lawsuit naming three parties. They are suing the former owners for not disclosing letters they had received. According to the previous owners, they received their last letter from ‘The Watcher’ just days before the close of the sale. The family is suing the title company as well. They are also suing ‘The Watcher’ himself, even though a legal name is not known.